List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be tormented (by dreams), to have a nightmare
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa)
- Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
usually written using kana alone conjunction
- not only ... but also, also
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to have an eye kept on one, to be watched
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. breviramea (ornamental variety of hinoki cypress)
usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- ishiru, ishiri, fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; specialty of the Noto Peninsula
usually written using kana alone adverb
- sooner or later, in due time, in due course
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- snail